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Chapter 1: Prescriptive Authority Test Bank M ultiple
Choice
1. An APRN works in a urology clinic under the supervision of a physician who does not restrict
the types of medications the APRN is allowed to prescribe. State law does not require t he APRN to
practice under physician orit y be described?
a. Full authority
b. Independent
c. Without limitation
d. Limited authority
ANS: B
The APRN has independent prescriptive authority because the regulating body does not requi re that
the APRN work under physician supervision. Full prescriptive authority gives the pro vider the right
to prescribe independently and without limitation. Limited authority places rest rictions on the types
of drugs that can be prescribed .DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p.
1TOP: Nursing Process: I MSC: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Physiologic Integrity
: Pharmacologic and Parenteral Therapies
2. Which factors increase the need for APRNs to have full prescriptive authority?
a. More patients will have access to health care.
b. Enrollment in medical schools is predicted to decrease.
c. assistants are being utilized less often.
d. APRN education is more complex than education for physicians.
ANS: A
Implementation of the Affordable Care Act has increased the number of individuals with healt h care
coverage, and thus the number who have access to health care services. The increase in the number of
patients creates the need for more providers with prescriptive authority. APRNs can fill this practice
gap. DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 2TOP: Nursing Proc ess: Implementation MSC:
NCLEX Client Needs Category: Physiologic Integrity: Pharmacolo gic and Parenteral Therapies
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TIONzxROSENTHALzxTESTzxBANKzxREVISEDzxEDITIONzx 2026
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Chapter 1: Prescriptive Authority Test Bank M ultiple
Choice
1. An APRN works in a urology clinic under the supervision of a physician who does not restrict
the types of medications the APRN is allowed to prescribe. State law does not require t he APRN to
practice under physician orit y be described?
a. Full authority
b. Independent
c. Without limitation
d. Limited authority
ANS: B
The APRN has independent prescriptive authority because the regulating body does not requi re that
the APRN work under physician supervision. Full prescriptive authority gives the pro vider the right
to prescribe independently and without limitation. Limited authority places rest rictions on the types
of drugs that can be prescribed .DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p.
1TOP: Nursing Process: I MSC: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Physiologic Integrity
: Pharmacologic and Parenteral Therapies
2. Which factors increase the need for APRNs to have full prescriptive authority?
a. More patients will have access to health care.
b. Enrollment in medical schools is predicted to decrease.
c. assistants are being utilized less often.
d. APRN education is more complex than education for physicians.
ANS: A
Implementation of the Affordable Care Act has increased the number of individuals with healt h care
coverage, and thus the number who have access to health care services. The increase in the number of
patients creates the need for more providers with prescriptive authority. APRNs can fill this practice
gap. DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 2TOP: Nursing Proc ess: Implementation MSC:
NCLEX Client Needs Category: Physiologic Integrity: Pharmacolo gic and Parenteral Therapies
